This herbaceous bulbous perennial forms a clump with erect strap-like dark green leaves. The small blue bell-shaped flowers are nodding and appear in clusters above the foliage on a slender stem during spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 10

Hyacinthoides hispanica is naturally found from Europe to Spain growing in woodlands and grasslands and has naturalised in many regions of the world.

It prefers well drained, fertile moist light soils in an open sunny position and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

The Spanish Bluebell is grown for its flowers and clumping habit. It is planted under deciduous trees or and drifts in lawns are and is grown as a container plant. It is also used in rockeries and establishes from division in 3 to 4 years and is suitable for low-mountain or coastal regions. It is planted along borders in cottage or small gardens and naturalises in grasslands. ID 739

Hyacinthoides(hee-a-kinth-OI-deez) hispanica(his-PAH-ni-ka)

'Hyacinthoides': like a hyacinth.

syn.Scilla campanulata, Endymion hispanicus, Scilla hispanica

Liliaceae (lil-ee-AY-see-ee)
Lily Family